Since inception, ARK has researched and published thoughts on the cryptocurrency ecosystem within Big Ideas and through articles, whitepapers, monthly Bitcoin reports and podcasts. Now, in coordination with Bitcoin Park, ARK is pleased to host a monthly conversation with leaders in the Bitcoin space, to discuss everything happening in the rapidly-changing and still nascent Bitcoin ecosystem. Published through the For Your Innovation podcast channels, this monthly series aims to be informative and enlightening, including experts with diverse viewpoints.

Guests on this month’s Bitcoin Brainstorm include:

Cathie Wood: Founder, CEO and CIO, ARK Invest

Lorenzo Valente: Director of Research, Digital Assets, ARK Invest

Matt Cole: CEO, Strive Asset Management

Will Reeves: CEO, Fold

Matt Odell: Managing Parter, Ten31

Rod Roudi: Co-Founder, Bitcoin Park

• 00:02:41 The role of bitcoin in corporate treasury strategies
• 00:06:04 Institutional perspectives on bitcoin as a hedge
• 00:10:48 Are there different strategic considerations for public vs. private companies?
• 00:13:13 Market dynamics and bitcoin premiums
• 00:22:15 The future of bitcoin treasuries in business
• 00:30:00 The long-term outlook for bitcoin in corporate strategy
• 00:40:01 Business strategies in the age of bitcoin
• 00:45:03 The hurdle rate: bitcoin as a benchmark for investment
• 00:48:59 Custody and accumulation strategies for bitcoin
• 00:56:10 The future of bitcoin adoption and education

• Learn more about Bitcoin Park: bitcoinpark.com

In this episode, Sam, Nick and Varshika discuss Amazon's new feature, Buy For Me, which allows users to shop across different marketplaces using Amazon's purchasing capabilities. They explore the implications of agentic AI in e-commerce, the importance of reducing friction in the purchasing process, and how this innovation could reshape the competitive landscape. The conversation also touches on the future of services enabled by AI, emphasizing the value of knowledge in facilitating transactions.

If you know ARK, then you probably know about our long-term research projections, like estimating where we will be 5-10 years from now! But just because we are long-term investors, doesn’t mean we don’t have strong views and opinions on breaking news. In fact, we discuss and debate this every day. So now we’re sharing some of these internal discussions with you in our new video series, “The Brainstorm”, a co-production from ARK and Public.com. Tune in every week as we react to the latest in innovation. Here and there we’ll be joined by special guests, but ultimately this is our chance to join the conversation and share ARK’s quick takes on what’s going on in tech today.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Amazon's Buy For Me feature allows shopping across different marketplaces.
• Agentic AI reduces friction in the purchasing process.
• The one-click checkout is a significant innovation in e-commerce.
• Payments are crucial for completing transactions in online marketplaces.
• The competitive landscape of e-commerce is evolving with AI capabilities.
• Knowledge at the point of purchase is valuable for consumers.
• Physical infrastructure remains important for e-commerce incumbents.
• The future of services could be transformed by AI technology.
• Consumer behavior is influenced by trust in payment systems.
• E-commerce has historically evolved to reduce transaction times.

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In this episode of For Your Innovation, Brett Winton, along with ARK Invest Chief Investment Strategist, Charles Roberts, and Research Analyst, Nemo Marjanovic, sit down with Geoffrey von Maltzahn, CEO and founder of Lila Sciences and a general partner at Flagship Pioneering. Fresh out of stealth mode, Lila is pioneering the concept of scientific superintelligence—leveraging AI and automation to accelerate discovery across materials science, chemistry, and life sciences. Geoffrey shares his vision for transforming the scientific method into an AI-driven engine that pushes the boundaries of innovation at unprecedented speeds. The conversation explores the limitations of traditional scientific research, the role of AI-driven autonomous labs, and how Lila aims to revolutionize hypothesis testing and experimentation. Geoffrey discusses how scientific intelligence can scale across domains, the importance of proprietary data, and why unlocking AI’s potential in science could be one of the most valuable technological advances of our time.

• ARK Invest sees Lila as a transformative opportunity.
• Lila’s AI science factories are reinventing research.
• We're experiencing breakthroughs in mRNA and material science through AI.
• Scientists roles are evolving in an AI-powered world.